Long time without a post! When I had lunch with my friend Allison Hamilton yesterday (Allison is the creator of Oregon’s innovative solar highway), she said she’d been assuming my silence at Diamond-Cut Life was because I’d been busy house-hunting. She knows that Thor and I are seeking a somewhat larger house, while staying in our current Portland neighborhood.
“It’s true we’ve been house-hunting,” I replied, “but that’s not the reason I haven’t been posting. All my writing-time has been going into a fiction project that has me entranced. I should just let people know that.” She nodded: good idea.
Similar to the last three weeks, I won’t be posting much at this stage. If my blog was paid work, we’d probably call this a sabbatical. I find that blogging for the public, much as it means to me, is different from being creative on one’s own terms. I feel joyfully mesmerized by the fiction I am writing, similar to the experience of falling in love with someone, or finally landing and starting a job you had wanted very much to land. And the fiction actually has nothing to do with sustainability per se, but is about a dancer with a tumultuous marriage and a vibrant faith community. I’m seeing that while I’m passionate about sustainability, it doesn’t define me. It doesn’t circumscribe my life.
And interestingly, going into my fictional world is making me even closer to my husband. Sometimes following the trail of soul opens our hearts wider like that.
So that’s what’s going on with me. Plus, I’m excited I’m taking the train to Seattle tomorrow for a two-day business trip. And speaking of work, this month I celebrate two years at my cool job in transportation options!
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Thanks for the update. Congrats on your new endeavor. It’s been a real joy and inspiration to read your work.